Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: February 2013

The OECD unemployment rate was stable at 8.0% in December 2012, unchanged from the previous month.

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Employment situation, third quarter 2012, OECD

The OECD area employment rate – defined as the share of people of working-age who are employed – was 65.0% in the third quarter of 2012, unchanged from the previous quarter and 0.2 percentage points higher than one year ago.

Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: January 2013

The OECD unemployment rate was stable at 8.0% in November 2012, unchanged from the previous month.

System of unit labour cost, OECD - Updated: December 2012

Unit labour costs (ULCs) in the OECD area rose by 0.2% in the third quarter of 2012, driven by continued increases in labour compensation per unit of labour input.

Australia’s unique approach to helping the unemployed has delivered good results but challenges remain, says OECD

Australia’s labour market reforms over the past 15 years have boosted employment and cut welfare benefit dependency.

Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: December 2012

The OECD unemployment rate rose by 0.1 percentage point to 8.0% in October 2012 compared to the previous month.

Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: November 2012

The OECD unemployment rate was 7.9% in September 2012, broadly the same rate observed since January 2011.

Employment situation, second quarter 2012, OECD

The OECD area employment rate was 65.0% in the second quarter of 2012. This figure is 0.1 percentage point higher than in the previous quarter and 0.2 percentage point higher than one year ago.